Wearing-apparel.



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WEARING APPAREL.

APPLIOATION FILED mm: 25, 1903.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR ANNE- E TABOR- Patented November 3, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNE E. TABOR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WEARING-APPAREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 742,928, dated November 3, 1903.

Applicatioh filed June 25, 1903. Serial No. 163,039. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNE E. TABOR,a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates particularly to ladies waists; and the objects of my improvement are to provide awaist that will readilyadjust itself to all positions of the body, that will fit the body as tightly as maybe desired and yet not interfere with the breathing, and that will act as a support for other wearing-apparel.

The invention consists in the novel and simple construction of the waist, as will be described in the following specification and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 is arear view, of my improved waist, and Fig. 3 is a'view of the front sections.

Heretofore in the construction of waists of the character described it has been the usual practice to form the garment of two like sections, with a lacing at the back to permit of adjustment of the sections to fit the figure.

This style of garment, however, has been found unsatisfactory in use, as in adjusting the parts to enlarge the waist the shoulderstraps are necessarily separated and tend af ter the adjustment has been effected to slip from the shoulders. It is also objectionable, as it forms, in effect, a corset, confining the breathing to the upper part of the chest and preventing the proper expansion of the bust. To overcome these objections, I have provided a construction having all the advantages of a rigidinelastic corset and the conveniences of a loose waist. This I have accomplished by making the waist in three partsan inelastic back section A, to which the shoulderstraps B and O are secured, and two like front sections B and C, joined to the back section at the side of the garment bylaces D. These laces in turn are preferably made elastic, so that they will expand and contract in breathing, thus holding the waist snugly, but not too tightly, to the figure, thereby permitting no part to wrinkle and insuring a perfect fit of the outer garment. The complementary front sections have thier meeting portions detachably connected by any suitable means. In this instance I have shown a series of buttons D as constituting the fasteners.

By forming the garment in the manner set forth it will be obvious that the front sections may be adjusted by the laces either to increase or diminish the waist size without in any manner affecting the position of the straps.

Each section B and C is provided at its lower edgewith an inelastic band or belt F and at its upper edge with a similar band or inelastic portion G. To this latter band the free ends of the straps B and O are attached, being preferably adj ustably connected thereto by any suitable devicesas, for instance, the plus a.

V The material of each front section intermediate the inelastic bands is gathered, commencing at a point 17 above the lower band, and is drawn together, as at a, where the material is joined to'the upper band. This excess of material is, as shown, arranged in folds, so that the waist will fit the figure properly, and while the material itself is inelastic the gathered portions described areyielding,

permitting the proper expansion of the bust for breathing and at the same time serving as a satisfactory support therefor.

' A series of buttons f may be placed upon the lower inelastic bands of the front sections and upon the lower edge of the back section, to which the skirts or other wearing-apparel may be secured.

Having now described my improved construction, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a waist, an inelastic back sectionAhaving a transverse band at its lower edge and shoulder-straps fixed thereto at its upper edge, a pairof inelastic front sections having transverse bands F at their bottom edges and transverse pieces at their upper edges for attachment to the free ends'of the shoulder-straps, means for detachably securing the meeting edges of the front sections together, elastic connecting means between the back section too and the adjoining edges of the front Sections, at the bottoms thereof and to the side edges devices for supporting garments from the of the same. to transverse bands of the back and front sec- In testimony whereof I affix my signature tions, and failed breast portions in the front in presence of two witnesses.

5 sections, said fnlled portions being largest at ANNE E. TABOR.

points adjacent to the transverse pieces at Witnesses: the top of the front sections and gradually H. 0. SMITH,

merging downwardly to the transverse bands J AS. P. BARRY. 

